Goodbye, Tony. You filled a void in no one hearts 10 years ago when you went from a mama's boy, bush-track lovin' scrounge to leading driver here overnight. At 37, you took advantage ( a recurring theme your entire racing career) of the retirements of real drivers like Paisley and Busse, a mellower Magee, a suddenly clueless "salad tosser" and several asorted apathetic or braindead hanger's on and ran the show. As of next week, the reign of terror is over and out. Please enjoy Dover and its garbage product and archaic 5/8ths surface. In your swan song weekend, you managed a paltry 2 for 19 or so, with both wins tallied at Ratwood. You blew the public's cash and trust twice as much as that in 2 days. It was amazing to see you actually get stung a first quarter at Balmoral tonight, rather than the usual "friendly slide-in" given by one of your "confederates". Nice collar on the big night of Am-Nat elims. I was especially proud of that gutting of Color Me Best you gave. I surmise he ran one (or more) of your "lineups" over a time or two in the past and you fixed his wagon good tonight. Excellent pull from the 3-hole with Sagebrush. If you could read, you'd know the horse has been off-form and air-allergic of late, so getting off the safe rail and not simply following along for a better check must have interfered with yet another "plan B" of yours. The 1/2 shot (Casimir Cammotion) doesn't even make the gate and you ripsaw your way to a Theopsy Moore check in a now reduced to 6 field - WELL DONE ! Try not to fall asleep on the PA turnpike in your car as you cheap-foot it to Ben Dover. Those Appalachian Mt. roads can twist and turn in a heartbeat. Oh , and one more thing - how much did you cash on that 5-4-6 Tri in the Galt when Sherrie's delight was given a no-try and are your stringers used to the SAMs at Dover yet ? BYE BYE TC

WHY IS THE MAGGOT NOT DRIVING AT DOVER MONDAY OR TUESDAY ? HE BETTER BE LEAVING ! HE HAS'NT TAKEN 2 DAYS OFF IN HIS LIFE . I NEED PEACE OF MIND HE HAS TO GO QUICK I'M GETTING NERVOUS HE MAY CHANGE HIS MIND . I'M GETTING PARNOIDE NOW ! LEAVE LEAVE YOU BROWN MAGGOT ! RTP

TC. Is it true that the bug eyed girl monique is going to Dover also? I thought she was one of "GERRY'S KIDS", boy has Tony crawled in that BOX now too. Where is Tony's wife, never mind, now I no about the inbred thing.

WHY IS THE MAGGOT NOT DRIVING AT DOVER MONDAY OR TUESDAY ? HE BETTER BE LEAVING ! HE HAS'NT TAKEN 2 DAYS OFF IN HIS LIFE . I NEED PEACE OF MIND HE HAS TO GO QUICK I'M GETTING NERVOUS HE MAY CHANGE HIS MIND . I'M GETTING PARNOIDE NOW ! LEAVE LEAVE YOU BROWN MAGGOT ! RTP

RTP, depending on whom you believe, the delay is to account for moving or because Dover wanted to put Tony on hold because Monique asked for a license and they didn't want tony setting up "business-as-usual" right off the jump. In this scenario, Tony assured Dover one had 0 to do with the other. Dover then said "OK, i'll let our horsemen know they can start listing you on Wednesday then". Quite frankly, I don't know what to believe in this case TC.

TC. Is it true that the bug eyed girl monique is going to Dover also? I thought she was one of "GERRY'S KIDS", boy has Tony crawled in that BOX now too. Where is Tony's wife, never mind, now I no about the inbred thing.

No superman, Tony is strictly business - 24/7/365. Monique and Gerry would be shuffling off to Ben Dover. The track feared that this was the start of MORGANCO-East and he may have convinced them otherwise. Old alliances never die, they just re-emerge when the rats muck things up and leave the listing ship -the very same one they helped sink to Davey Jone's Locker...and I'm not laughing. TC

Alright TC, we know you hate Morgan.Who will slip into the "void" of his leaving here and become the leader or leaders?

Everyone thinks "Howdy Doody" will, but he goes where Odds On offers him to and if they're gonna let a 23 year old become "puppetmaster", they're as dumb as the guy who stuck a 6 claimer race between two prestigious stakes races - LOL P.S. To the "Garden Gnome's" credit, he's mentally and physically prepared himself by winning in buckets leading up to the "Exodus of Shame" by El Diablo. TC

TC:I have a sneaking suspicion you're going to be spending a lot of time watching that "garbage product" on the "archaic 5/8ths surface," because you're not going to be able to resist the urge to see how your favorite driver is doing.

If not, you'll be making 87.5% fewer post here, and you're going to have way too much free time on your hands.

TC:I have a sneaking suspicion you're going to be spending a lot of time watching that "garbage product" on the "archaic 5/8ths surface," because you're not going to be able to resist the urge to see how your favorite driver is doing.

If not, you'll be making 87.5% fewer post here, and you're going to have way too much free time on your hands.

Paul, I will watch Dover to check and see how the new lighting system helps and the Progress and Matron races, but reruns of "King of the Hill" on Mondays and Tuesdays are more fun for me than watching overnights at Dover. Once your beloved track starts back up in a couple of weeks, the thought that racing even exists in DE will creep further and further to the recesses of my rusted beanbox - LOL. Plus, I'm still rearranging all these inbred satellite dishes at the home office. Al Jazeera, anyone ? LOL TC

Am I the only one that thinks this was a shrewd way to make a six handle about $50k more?

Best,EW

EW, I leave the number crunching to energetic young go-getters like yourself. Did the numbers support your theory ? If so, that mitigates my dismay somewhat. It's still a $6,000 iron sulfide nugget in amongst their one true good card of the year. JMO TC

EW, I leave the number crunching to energetic young go-getters like yourself. Did the numbers support your theory ? If so, that mitigates my dismay somewhat. It's still a $6,000 iron sulfide nugget in amongst their one true good card of the year. JMO TC

There's two competing angles here, and there's really no way to "prove" either of them -- because it's impossible to ever really know what people think...but here's how I see the two ways of looking at it:

1. you cram the cheap race in between two good ones, to artificially increase the handle (which it did).

2. after the Windy City Pace, which will draw the eyes and ears of many, you put up the best you've got for as long as you've got. In hope, people will glance ahead, decide to stick with the card -- and maybe even play more Maywood in the future... (no way to ever know)

IMO, I only play based on the angles, speed, pace, and overlays. Could be a two claimer, could be the BC classic...but as a bettor, I don't care. I know other feel the same way -- and most of these "others" probably handle a majority of the handle. Option #2 doesn't affect them.

But! Who does it affect? There are folks out there, across North America, playing strictly for action, and in all honestly, "gambling" instead of "investing." These are the folks that you can possibly hook with method #2. Only problem is that they'd play anything any time, so maybe you really won't keep them...

The big difficulty, IMO, of dealing with gamblers is that, for the most part, they ARE NOT RATIONAL. Basically, every theory about consumers goes right out the window -- haha.

TC:I have a sneaking suspicion you're going to be spending a lot of time watching that "garbage product" on the "archaic 5/8ths surface," because you're not going to be able to resist the urge to see how your favorite driver is doing.

If not, you'll be making 87.5% fewer post here, and you're going to have way too much free time on your hands.

No worry NJ. The Tony haters will cash 0% more tickets with Tony gone. A new demon must be created. Pace of posting will not slack only the target will change.

It may get worse. Watch who is giving holes easily to whom. Someone last night even commented that TM has named a "successor" to carry on his ways. Another interesting hypothesis. If Oosting and Tetrick battle for top dog, it gives the other young bucks a shot at picking up good drives. Rod Jr., this is where you should be paying attention. (Note : Jr. don't do that "salad tossing" motion I demonstrated for you in the driver's room if DH is around. Nothing can be gained from that - LOL). The way Oosting is going now, I see maximum effort, hard work both on and off the pace, and he's older than some who view the game as nothing more than an ATM/ SAM machine combo. From a sociological standpoint, give a 23 year-old farmboy a pocket full of dollars and see if the boy can return to the farm (spiritually, of course). Tough task. JMO.

I know you're reall sold on your theory on Morgan but.........Named a successor??C'mon??Maybe you are mixing this up with WWF?

Wait a minute, I said someone else, not me, on the successor angle. You brought up the WWF angle, so...bottom line is as I said last night, someone may trust someone else to "roadblock" or so forth, but no one at that level turns the keys to the kingdom over and hands out patents in moneymaking for free. Not Carlton Sheets, not Benny Hinn, no one -LOL. JMO. TC

I know you're reall sold on your theory on Morgan but.........Named a successor??C'mon??Maybe you are mixing this up with WWF?

I heard a story.

In 10 years Tony will have a hammer lock on racing at every track in North America with a string of successors at tracks he left behind. They will pass earnings up through the ranks to top dog Tony just like the sopranos. First Chicago. Now Dover. Tomorow New Jersey. Next week Woodbine. That is how sharp he is. Watch.

I heard tony's a little hot at harmer for not putting him up on he wants it all . tony wanted one more big win ! too bad ! the finals no morgan ! this guy has a lot of nerve , turning his back on chicago racing and expects to be put up on harmers horse . plus they think he tanked sherries delight . GOODBYE DEVIL ! RTP